WIN98

Hi,

at the c prompt enter "WIN".
Does the GUI start?
There is a option in "MSDOS.SYS" (???)
BOOTGUI
Are there any Error-Messages?

HTH

Karpi

If win gave you the error windows already running, type exit and the dos prompt should close and you're back in business. Does alt-tab jump you back into the desktop or alt-enter minimize the dos prompt to a window? If so the command prompt got added as a full screen to the start and is just hiding windows behind it. and the above should show that. Otherwise what happens when you
cd windows
win
?
Good luck!
Keep us posted!

To enable Win98 to fully load, you have to change the setting in the MSDOS.SYS to read: BootGUI=1

However, MSDOS.SYS is both a hidden file and a read-only file. To find it, click on My Computer/View/Folder Options/View and change the Hidden Filesto "show all files".

Next, open Explorer and click on the C Drive. In the right side panel you should see the MSDOS.SYS file. Right click it and select properties. Untick everything, then edit it in Notepad as explained above. When done, right click again and select "Hidden" and "Read Only". You should now be able to boot through to the desktop.

clover

Try restoring the Win98 startup files by:
Instert a Win98 Startup disk & Boot up.
Then type "a: sys c:" - this will copy the system files from the floppy to the c: drive.
Then take out the floppy & restart.
Good luck.

Rename C:\config.sys to config.org, and C:\autoexec.bat to autoexec.org. You do not need them in Win`98.

In case you do not know how to do this, this is how:
1) Type "Set path=C:\Windows\command"
2) Type "Rename C:\config.sys config.org"
3) Type "Rename C:\autoexec.bat autoexec.org"
Be sure to leave off the ".

Reboot

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